Estate of Sheehan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY JTJLIA MABY MITCHELL EBOM THE OBPHANS’ COUBT OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 148 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 167 December Term 1888, O. C. On December 14, 1888, the first and final account of Ann Sbeeban, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Sheehan, deceased, showing a balance of $2,178.26 due the estate, was confirmed absolutely, no exceptions being filed.
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APPEAL BY JTJLIA MABY MITCHELL EBOM THE OBPHANS’ COUBT OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 148 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 167 December Term 1888, O. C. On December 14, 1888, the first and final account of Ann Sbeeban, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Sheehan, deceased, showing a balance of $2,178.26 due the estate, was confirmed absolutely, no exceptions being filed. An audit for distribution was held on April 29, 1889, when Julia Mary Mitchell claimed the whole of the fund, subject to the interest of Ann Sheehan, widow of the intestate. Her claim to share in the distribution at…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
This record presents a single question of fact. It is one of identity. Upon the distribution of the estate of Thomas Shee-han, deceased, the appellant presented herself before the auditing judge, and claimed to be the daughter of the intestate. Her story is an interesting and somewhat remarkable one, but it is so thoroughly detailed by the learned president of the' Orphans’ Court that I will not stop now to repeat it. Nor is any extended discussion of the evidence deemed necessary, as we fully agree with the conclusion arrived at by the court below.
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